Characteristic of antarctic permafrost;Eigenschaften des antarktischen Permafrosts

Polarforschung

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Schwamborn, Georg ^a   Hauck, Christian ^b   Zubrzycki, Sebastian ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PERMAFROST; POLAR REGION; ROCK GLACIER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84860786881     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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